[Sarah Tintagyl]

The trip from Irkutsk to Beijing was one of sweaty palms and and cracking of nervous knuckles for Alexandr Sokolov, the new and first ambassador of Soviet Russia to the People's Republic of China. To be honest, Alexandr had only minor experience in the field of diplomatic affairs and he had begged that Zhana go with him after his appointment to ambassador, but with the offensive at Novosibirsk beginning only a few days ago, her expertise was needed on the battlefield, not at the diplomatic table. She had told him that the future of the Soviet Union rested on his shoulders and that did nothing for his confidence. This meeting was important, China had been one of the most approving of Soviet Russia's neighbors and the most willing to help expand Russian industry and infrastructure, especially considering the nation was in the midst of civil war this could be needed to turn the tide against the Loyalist pigs.

Zhana had given him clear instructions of what was to be done through this meeting. A secure alliance, economic agreements, military agreements, and to find out just what the Chinese were doing with the original philosophies of Marx and Engels. "Leave it to the Chinese." He said as the plane landed. "They always take things and add a bit of creativity to them."

If this meeting was done right and China and Soviet Russia entered into a long lasting friendship it was sure, that neither country could ever fall and it would be the beginning of a world changing movement that no doubt would be something that hadn't been seen since 1920.

The plane landed in Beijing as Alexandr walked onto the metal staircase leading to the tarmac. He wore a black suit, his thick brown hair neatly groomed, above a thin face with a large nose. A small Soviet flag pin hung from his lapel and a great grin on his face as he waited for the Chinese delegation to accept him.

[Lynneth]

Sarah Tintagyl, on Sep 21 2009, 02:56 AM, said:

The plane landed in Beijing as Alexandr walked onto the metal staircase leading to the tarmac. He wore a black suit, his thick brown hair neatly groomed, above a thin face with a large nose. A small Soviet flag pin hung from his lapel and a great grin on his face as he waited for the Chinese delegation to accept him.

None other than Jia Qinglin, the Chairman himself would be waiting for Alexandr, who was brought rather quickly into Zhongnanhai. The Zhongnanhai was a complex of buildings in Beijing, adjacent to the Forbidden City, which serves as the central headquarters for the Communist Party of China and the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. The term Zhongnanhai was synonymous with the leadership and government administration of the nation, often used as a metonym for the Chinese leadership at large.

Since Zhongnanhai became the central government compound, it has been mostly inaccessible to the general public in the same way the Forbidden City was during the imperial era. For a short time, before the Tiananmen square protests in 1989, these restrictions were partially lifted, only to be reinstated after the protests. Access has now been closed to the general public, with numerous plain clothed military personnel patrolling the area on foot. Cars, moreover, are now prohibited from stopping on stretches of adjacent roadway for any reason, even though Qinglin was actively working to making the government more transparent once again.

Xinhua Gate or "Gate of New China", was created by Yuan Shikai, serving as the main entrance to the heavily guarded complex
But despite all the security, aerial pictures were quite possible, and many existed.

Once within the rooms of Zhongnanhai, Sokolov would be brought into a relatively large room, with large pictures depicting chinese culture, such as the Great Wall, Mao or the Three Gorges Dam, the latter having become fully operational in 2011, since then generating 22,500 MWatt, being the single largest dam in the world.
However, numerous other dams were in construction already, amongst them a series of dams at the downstream of Jinsha, including Wudongde Dam, Baihetan Dam, Xiluodu Dam, and Xiangjiaba Dam. The total capacity of those four dams would be 38,500 MW, almost double the capacity of the Three Gorges. Sixteen other dams were already planned or under construction. The Three Gorges Dam alone was reducing the coal consumption by 31 million tonnes per year, also cutting the atmospheric emission of 100 million tonnes of greenhouse gas, millions of tonnes of dust, one million tonnes of sulfur dioxide, 370,000 tonnes of nitric oxide, 10,000 tonnes of carbon monoxide, and a significant amount of mercury. The reduction of fossil-fuel consumption also eliminated the requirement of energy to mine, wash, and transport about 31 million tons of coal from northern China to the load centre in south and east China.
Nothing was too expensive for this new China to preserve what was left of its environment.


(OOC: Ignore the guy on the left and the microphones)
Jia Qinglin was waiting within this room for Sokolov, smiling at the Russian as he was led in by an aide. A fireplace - simulated, most likely - was burning behind the Chairman, radiating an atmosphere of coziness.
"Alexandr Sokolov, I assume? Welcome to the People's Republic. It is a pleasure meeting you.", Jia said as he held gestured for Sokolov to sit into one of the chairs.

[Sarah Tintagyl]

Needless to say, Alexandr was in awe. He had never been to China and had only heard stories of how the Chinese, even during the period of collapse and anarchy that had embraced the world, had come out without any such damage to their infrastructure, to their people, or to their culture as a whole. For the country who held true to their mantra of 'Order and Stability' the Soviets had a great deal to learn from their southern neighbors of course after the fact when Moscow was taken back. Riding through the streets with Qinglin, Alexandr watched silently as the monuments to Chinese history and the success of Chinese communism passed him by, this was the best example of what a socialist philosophy could indeed do for the world and it only brought more questions to his mind about how the Chinese could come to the aid of the Soviet Union. Passing into the large room of the palace, he could barely begin to think of how the Russians could intern help their neighbors and he wished that a higher-up had come down with him, the Chinese had always had the ability to make people feel smaller than they really were and Sokolov felt like an ant on the ground.

"Alexandr Sokolov, I assume? Welcome to the People's Republic. It is a pleasure meeting you.", Jia said as he held gestured for Sokolov to sit into one of the chairs.

The Russian took the offer, walking over to the chair and sat down next to the Chairman, sticking out his hand as a sign of greeting. "It is a true pleasure Comrade Chairman to be here right now and speaking with you. General Akhatova of course sends her well wishes and regrets that she could not make the meeting herself. A loyalist offensive has just begun near the city of Novosibirsk and so she is needed at the front." He coughed and then reached down to his briefcase to review the documents and plans that he was told to discuss with the Chinese government. "We were very elated to receive your letter on such short notice Comrade Chairman and so I'd like to start off with that if we could. You talked about the possibility of helping our labor forces in the east, with production, mining, and the overall upkeep of resources and so our forces would be interested in, a possible economic pact, open borders, close ties between our economy. There are few people we trust in this world Comrade, you, the French, possibly the Chechnyans and so contrary to popular belief we would rather keep our allies closer than our enemies."

"In addition to that, General Akhatova has also instructed me to ask that in the worst situation if our movement becomes hindered and bogged down, if Chinese forces would be willing to come to our aid and at the worst nightmare, if the Union would fall to give our people and our leaders a refuge before we can retake our homeland. For that Comrade, we would be eternally grateful." He stroked his chin and smiled at the Chairman, indeed he felt much more at ease here than in Irkutsk even. "Also, you said something about the rationalization of Communism?"

[Lynneth]

Sarah Tintagyl, on Sep 21 2009, 04:21 PM, said:

"Alexandr Sokolov, I assume? Welcome to the People's Republic. It is a pleasure meeting you.", Jia said as he held gestured for Sokolov to sit into one of the chairs.

The Russian took the offer, walking over to the chair and sat down next to the Chairman, sticking out his hand as a sign of greeting.

Jia took the hand, shaking it carefully, but with a tight grip, and still with a smile on his face.

Sarah Tintagyl, on Sep 21 2009, 04:21 PM, said:

"It is a true pleasure Comrade Chairman to be here right now and speaking with you. General Akhatova of course sends her well wishes and regrets that she could not make the meeting herself. A loyalist offensive has just begun near the city of Novosibirsk and so she is needed at the front." He coughed and then reached down to his briefcase to review the documents and plans that he was told to discuss with the Chinese government. "We were very elated to receive your letter on such short notice Comrade Chairman and so I'd like to start off with that if we could. You talked about the possibility of helping our labor forces in the east, with production, mining, and the overall upkeep of resources and so our forces would be interested in, a possible economic pact, open borders, close ties between our economy. There are few people we trust in this world Comrade, you, the French, possibly the Chechnyans and so contrary to popular belief we would rather keep our allies closer than our enemies."

"Well...Both the Japanese and the Koreans will, because of the rich history between us, quite likely be valuable allies of China - and by extension, Russia.
And yes, we could help you with the industry, mining, et cetera; We would send skilled workers and the necessary equipment, so that they, working together with your government, can extract the resources that you, alone, cannot get to. It would strengthen both of us, while giving us the opportunity to lower the population density of some fertile regions, which would be more suitable for farms and food than cities."

Sarah Tintagyl, on Sep 21 2009, 04:21 PM, said:

"In addition to that, General Akhatova has also instructed me to ask that in the worst situation if our movement becomes hindered and bogged down, if Chinese forces would be willing to come to our aid and at the worst nightmare, if the Union would fall to give our people and our leaders a refuge before we can retake our homeland. For that Comrade, we would be eternally grateful." He stroked his chin and smiled at the Chairman, indeed he felt much more at ease here than in Irkutsk even. "Also, you said something about the rationalization of Communism?"

"Yes, I would in fact be willing to send some of our armed forces to help Russia in its advances. Right now we are reorganizing our military, however, additionally to many soldiers being occupied with helping with the modernization and further industrialization. A maximum of 50,000 men could be sent, additionally to tanks, some planes and artillery. Much of it is old equipment, from what I know.
And...Yes, I did in fact talk about rationalization of Communism. It is somewhat difficult to explain and does deviate in some things from the teachings of Mao and Marx, but only to supplement what is there for a more modern approach. Both you and I know, Marx wrote his books more than a century ago, while Mao's teachings are almost half a century old. They are, simply said, outdated, in some aspects. Neither of them knew the internet, for example, or many other modern technologies.
Rationalized Communism accounts for these changes, and some more. It will take quite some time to implement all this, however, as the education of our entire population is a big part of this."

[Sarah Tintagyl]

Sokolov nodded in agreement as the Chairman discussed the proposals placed in front of him.

And yes, we could help you with the industry, mining, et cetera; We would send skilled workers and the necessary equipment, so that they, working together with your government, can extract the resources that you, alone, cannot get to. It would strengthen both of us, while giving us the opportunity to lower the population density of some fertile regions, which would be more suitable for farms and food than cities.

"The workers of course would be treated with the utmost respect while being inside the country, though as to permanent settlement by either Chinese or Russians on either of our soils, I believe that would take much longer discussions between yourself and Comrade Akhatova before we could really come to a deal on opening our borders as wide as that. However, of course, in the future, I am sure that agreements can be made. The most the Russian people can ask for at this time, is the possibility of maybe not legions of skilled workers, but a few foremen who know material and mining extraction would be much better. We want our people to learn, we need to eventually become self-sufficient in order to achieve an economic surplus. The world is not a friendly place to us Comrade, we need to be able to produce on our own."

"Yes, I would in fact be willing to send some of our armed forces to help Russia in its advances. Right now we are reorganizing our military, however, additionally to many soldiers being occupied with helping with the modernization and further industrialization. A maximum of 50,000 men could be sent, additionally to tanks, some planes and artillery. Much of it is old equipment, from what I know.

Alexandr placed his hand up and smiled. "Only if we really need to Chairman, the Loyalists are falling like flies to our military offensive. I have heard from Comrade Akhatova herself that she plans to be in Moscow within five months. What is important here now, is that if China can offer us help after the war ends as I said before, we will no doubt be weak and in need of support. Your help here would be paramount.


And...Yes, I did in fact talk about rationalization of Communism. It is somewhat difficult to explain and does deviate in some things from the teachings of Mao and Marx, but only to supplement what is there for a more modern approach. Both you and I know, Marx wrote his books more than a century ago, while Mao's teachings are almost half a century old. They are, simply said, outdated, in some aspects. Neither of them knew the internet, for example, or many other modern technologies.
Rationalized Communism accounts for these changes, and some more. It will take quite some time to implement all this, however, as the education of our entire population is a big part of this."


"As to Rationalized Communism, I think that I am not the person to talk to about this Comrade. Though I assure you I am taking notes. Hopefully after the war, our philosophers and leaders can sit down together to really try and make this work for us. Of course you have an invitation to Irkutsk any time your heart desires."

[Lynneth]

OOC: Continued elsewhere. Those who participate will most likely know the location. PM me if you're silly.